Welcome to PARSHIP - trusted by more than nine million people across Europe

Like thousands of other singles around the UK, you have chosen PARSHIP as the secure, discreet route to finding someone who is genuinely compatible with you and who lives up to your expectations of a long-term partner.

With PARSHIP, you won’t leave love to chance. Unlike other dating services, PARSHIP offers a unique compatibility test. By answering the questions you create a personalised psychological profile, which you then complement with more information about yourself and, if you so choose, private photos. All in all, your PARSHIP profile goes into much more depth than the picture and a couple of paragraphs you will find on ordinary dating sites. As someone with high standards, and as someone looking for a serious relationship, you need look no further than PARSHIP.

Three good reasons to join PARSHIP:

Genuine, high-quality people
The majority of PARSHIP's members are professional people, and they tend to know what really matters in life. Yes, PARSHIP is an online dating site, but it goes beyond other dating services in matching you with genuine, like-minded people who are seriously looking for a long-term relationship.
Scientific compatibility test
PARSHIP is unique among dating sites in offering an in-depth compatibility test based on more than 30 years of scientific research. Once you complete the test, you gain immediate access to your list of recommended partners, people who stand to be genuinely compatible with you.
Security & discretion
PARSHIP is the dating service that puts you very much in control and protects your privacy. To help ensure that PARSHIP's members are genuine people in search of a serious relationship, our customer services team personally checks each member’s profile and private photos.
What the media say about PARSHIP:
“PARSHIP, Europe’s leading online matchmaker...” - BBC Radio 4, June 2010

“Top recommended dating site” - Telegraph, June 2010

Rated “10 of the best” UK dating website - Telegraph, March 2010

Love began with PARSHIP

Every day at PARSHIP we hear from people who have used our dating service and found love. Many of them have tried other dating sites, but it’s through PARSHIP that they’ve found the long-term relationship they were looking for.

How long will it take to find someone through PARSHIP?

Like many things in life, online dating - even with PARSHIP - works at its own speed. Some singles are hoping to find a relationship as soon as possible, while other singles prefer to take their time and get a broader picture of who’s out there. The dating process is different for everyone and it’s important to take things at the speed that’s right for you - and to choose the dating site that is right for you. More

What are my chances?

Online dating is now a popular choice for singles from all backgrounds and at all stages of life … People who’ve never been married, divorced people, widowed people, mums or dads bringing up children on their own … If they’re on PARSHIP, it’s because they are looking for a serious relationship. They’ve chosen a dating service that puts the emphasis on compatibility rather than more superficial factors. They want to meet the right person - and that person could be you. More

What kind of people will I find here?

PARSHIP is for singles who are looking for a long-term relationship. They tend to be people with high standards, which is why they have come to a service that offers more than other online dating sites. They don’t want to leave love to chance, and they appreciate the discretion and security that PARSHIP offers. Some are looking for marriage and children, others are simply looking for a partner. PARSHIP’s matchmaking service will help each person make the right choice from a carefully selected group of matches. More

Getting the best out of online dating

PARSHIP matches you with a personalised list of recommended partners - people who really could be right for you - but what is the best way of moving ahead with your online dating? How do you maximise your chances of success? Find out more on our ‘Advice’ pages.

How do I increase my chances of success?

What’s the best way to handle your ‘About me’ page? How do you decide which photo to put on your profile? Online dating with PARSHIP gives you a head start with the scientifically based compatibility test. PARSHIP provides advice to support you all the way.

Getting it right

Online dating makes dating simpler - but it has its own etiquette and its own set of skills. PARSHIP’s advice pages will help you to navigate potential obstacles and make the most of all the opportunities that are open to you.

The first date

Your main aim on a first date is to determine whether you would like a second date should follow. PARSHIP’s advice pages will help you to make the most of a first date - whether or not you finally decide to take things further.

Regional search

With PARSHIP you can focus your efforts on finding a partner who lives in your local area or region.

Search for a partner in:

> London > Birmingham > Sheffield > Manchester > Bradford

Make a targeted search

You can, of course, focus your PARSHIP search on particular areas or cities. Whether you’re somewhere like London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow or Cardiff, a medium-sized town or a small one -- or even in a rural area – there are PARSHIP members in your part of the world. Or, if you prefer, you can search across the whole of the UK or even other parts of Europe. You just indicate your geographical preferences in your search criteria – you can alter your settings at any time.

Singles in your area

If you like the idea of meeting genuine, like-minded singles who live within easy reach of your home, just register on this page and take the FREE compatibility test, based on 30 years of research into relationships.If you opt for Premium Membership you can sort your list of matches according to their distance from your home.

UK singles - facts and figures

PARSHIP’s survey of UK singles revealed that some 7 million UK singles would like to find a long-term relationship, and about 2 million of them look forward to getting married. They are generally prepared to hold out for Mr and Ms Right. The survey suggested that women could be demanding and men too reticent, but both sexes valued honesty, fidelity, an open attitude, the ability to communicate and a sense of humour.

Miriam & Mark, East Sussex

Miriam lived in East Sussex ... Mark lived in Wiltshire ... PARSHIP brought them together. "We talked about anything and everything and found a real connection ..."

Robert & Martina, Yorkshire

Martina and Robert's relationship started in 2008, they set up home together in Yorkshire (with Martina's son, Ben), and got married in a rural church on a beautiful spring day in 2009.

Rebecca & Will, London

Rebecca and Will were both busy, happy people with a packed social life, but neither of them had met 'the one'. Things soon changed when they joined PARSHIP ...

Lucy & Pete, Wiltshire

It took a while for Lucy and Pete to fix their first date, but when they did, both of them found someone to "rock their world".

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